Elizabeth D. Samet is a professor of English at West Point. Her latest book is Looking for the Good War: American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness.
Elizabeth D. Samet
The Center Cannot Hold
A kaleidoscopic journey through a divided country
by Elizabeth D. Samet | Wednesday, March 01, 2023
The Art of Losing
The end of the war in Afghanistan shows the danger of our commitment to perpetual optimism
by Elizabeth D. Samet | Tuesday, November 30, 2021
America’s Black Soldiers
The long history behind the Army’s Jim Crow forts
by Elizabeth D. Samet | Saturday, July 11, 2020
A Lifelong Habit of Being
Exploring a fundamentally ambiguous attribute
by Elizabeth D. Samet | Tuesday, June 02, 2020
The Knock on Grant
Why toppling his bust in Golden Gate Park was a strange way to celebrate Juneteenth
by Elizabeth D. Samet | Saturday, June 27, 2020
Moral Courage and the Civil War
Monuments ask us to look at the past, but how they do it exposes crucial aspects of the present and has an inescapable effect on the future
by Elizabeth D. Samet | Tuesday, September 03, 2019
Dishonorable Behavior
The scourge of military sexual assault and the warrior’s masculine code
by Elizabeth D. Samet | Monday, June 05, 2017
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